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[ Music ]
Music Alumni
Elmhurst's special blend of academic excellence, dedicated faculty, and professional experience opens the door to a wealth of careers. In fact, our alumni are working all over the world, in every aspect of the music industry. They include:
- Singer and pop star Justin Roman '01, Chicago Music Awards' Song Writer of the Year
- Ami Fox '01, an editor for Downbeat and Music, Inc. magazines
- Tom Halm '84, a film and TV composer
- David Kuebler '69, a world-renown operatic tenor
- Bill Malpede '88, a Hollywood film composer
- Jack Wengrosky Jr. '88, lead trumpet player with the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors
- Mark Bartels '96, head engineer at Chicago Recording Company, one of the largest recording companies in the Midwest
- Debora S. Utley '96, director of vocal music at Wheeling High School and an adjunct faculty member at Elmhurst College, where she serves as director of the Women's Chorus
- Mark Bruschuk '98, music director at Yokota Air Base High School in Tokyo, Japan
- Terri Hemmert '70, long-time rock radio disc jockey at 93.1 WXRT.
- Kris Myers '99, drummer for the jam band Umphrey's McGee
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